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Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009
- The Movie Club
Christian Bale has less personality than the Batbike. - Revival of Justice
What Obama's DoJ appointees should do first. - Fixing Gaza
Newsweek and The Nation on the latest Israeli-Palestinian face-off. - A Cartoonish 2008
A daily video from Slate V. - A Photographer in Gaza
How to take pictures of a war. - The President's Law Firm
Obama appointee Dawn Johnsen's collected writings for Slate. - Green My Blog
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My grandfather got out of Nazi-occupied Vienna. After his death, I found dozens of beseeching letters from friends and family who weren't so lucky. - Night of the Living Dad
Software, soldiers, and the future of ghosts. - Understimulated
Obama has only himself to blame for the delay in the spending bill. - Help Obama Write His Inauguration Speech
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A weekly poem, read by the author. - Auto Industry Growth at Dead End
A summary of what's in the major publications. - Obama Picks Outsider To Lead CIA
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Monday, Jan. 5, 2009
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The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a war, and it won't be over until someone wins. - Uh … Mind if I Sit Here?
What's going to happen to the Minnesota and Illinois Senate seats? - The Movie Club
Debating the best movies of 2008. - Robots, Not Roads
The Obama stimulus package should be spent on transformative investments, not bridges and buildings. - Homeland Security USA
A show about the brave agents defending America from Swiss belly dancers. - Paper Love: Inside the Holocaust Archives
Survivors and researchers from all over the world had high hopes for Bad Arolsen. - Bad Timing
Gaza could have been a model of the future Palestinian state. Instead, it is a place of repression and aggression. - Dear Prudence: Reluctant Fiance
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What Kate Winslet doesn't tell you about Yates and women. - Guarding Obama
Photos of the president-elect's Secret Service detail. - Israeli Troops Cut Gaza in Half
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Sunday, Jan. 4, 2009
- Israeli Troops March on Gaza
A summary of what's in the major U.S. newspapers.
Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009
- Was It Always Thrush?
A Fray Editor bids farewell - Spit When You Say, "Madoff"
How Palm Beach's ultrarich are recovering from the financial scandal. - Brief Prospects for Guantanamo?
A summary of what's in the major U.S. newspapers.
Friday, Jan. 2, 2009
- Black Swan Song
The New York Times Magazine on the deceptions in financial risk assessment. - Vote for Me, Not My Facebook Account
Tips for budding politicians on how to avoid embarrassment on Facebook. - Reading Isn't Fundamental
How to help your child learn to read. - Well Done, Rare, or Cryovacked
The story of the cow from four-legged co-worker to shrink-wrapped cutlet. - Pakistan Under Pressure
Militants are gaining territory—and strength—with astonishing speed. - Corrections
Slate's mistakes. - Israel Kills Senior Hamas Leader
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on January 6, 2009For Israel
I must take exception to the remarks of my estimable colleague, Christopher Hitchens, who at the end of his piece on the Gaza incursion says he feels "quite free" to doubt there should ever have been a Jewish state but adds that "to see Hamas at work is to resolve that whatever replaces or follows Zionism, it must not be the wasteland of Islamic theocracy." I hate to see Christopher join the chilling chorus that blithely wishes for the destruction of Israel. Israel celebrated its 60th anniversary this year. In that time, Israelis have created a vibrant democratic country full of people who want to run businesses, invent things, grow things, raise their children, and to do so without the fear of their imminent death. Presumably this is exactly the kind of state Christopher would like to see replace Israel, though he knows what would follow Israel's end would instead be the "wasteland" he rightly fears. Read More- Human Nature:
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